New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-22
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
. DECISIVE MOVEMENT PLANNED A0AiN''
a DSo OBSTRUCTION.


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s,.....r,oDt To submit resolution 10 'iie
,louse of Commons declaring lhe 'V"'0 .o,.
,,us,ness urgent This will proo"oV 10
.,st move after the WhitSuntide recess ~"oA
-. Nav "a and expires June g. MI "l"u'
,os,,ution in 1881 win be taken aS
That resolution devolved upon Vhe
Sneaker the powers of the House for 'he
of business. 1t created kind Oh faii"i''en'
,Nctato,ship. enduring till the speaker 'ioui'
ssc,are the state Of public business no longer III
-, The first result of the motion was the
.,snension of thirtyseven Irish MEMBERS W
..u,;,or result is expected fortnight hence
Ministers say they do not wish H. ouV uo io'
shrink from it if the Irish insiso' cer'"ln
,,,mber Of Radicals are likely to share The rate Oh
,hor Irish allies. Mr.. Conybeare does not WISH
Mr.. Healy to have all the glory
What is certain is that Obstruction has become
an even more burning question than COERCION
there can be no mistaSing the slgmhcahce Vi
Lord salisbury's speech last night at the MerchaiV
rouors, Hall. The Prime Minister grasps what
he thinks golden opportunity and dlrec'ly cASiee'
an Mr. Gladstone the responsibility and actual
leadership of Obstruction. II wish' sala Loru
Salisbury ito draw your attention TO inc iac'
that MIR. Gladstone is the master OF this great
engine, this powerful instrument, this tremendous
whirlwind of obstruction that has broken upon
US. 1t is not merely masterlesS eXhiplVioh Vi
,nanimate energy. There is a great spirit that
rides the whirlwind and directs the Storm Aoru
Salisbury bases this accusation against his nVai
on MIR. Gladstones offer to shorten debates on
certain conditions. In the satirical tone "hich
Lord Salisbury delights to assume he admls lor
arguments sake that the Grimes bill is wicked
hill or at least that Mr.. Gladstone resorts to this
method Of opposing it because Re believes IL 10
be wicked But then political opponents usually
believe each others measures to be wicked. H.
continued Lord Salisbury, you once by pracuce'
by precedent carried through, introduce the law
that measures may be legitimately defeated by
deyoting a whole session TO obstruction, there is
an end to the working Of your Parliamentary
machine"
IL is remarkable that the Primo Minister him
- + nrIc ChOlil1
in front of all other political issues the question
OF procedure in the House Of Commons His mean
ing is unmistal<a BILE. This is an issue on which
he and his colleagues are confident OF winning
Coercion was never very popular with the country,
though the result of agitation thus far seems TO
indicate that it is less unpopular than was sup
posed But the Ministers are convinced that The
country viii sustain them in no matter what
method of crushing Obstruction. What the IRISH
and their allies have therefore now to consider
is whether they viii allow the cause Of Home
Rule to be permanently identified with Obstruc-
ton. Nothing is more deeply rooted IN The Eng
lish mind than belief in Parliament. Any party
or any cause which depends for success on sub
immediate danger in which Home Rule lies
Liberal Home Rule journal records that two Na
tionalist members, Mr.. Maurice Healy and Mr.
U'Doherty drew up in one day fifty amendments
to one line Of the second clause Of the Coercion
bill fact like that outweighs in the English
mind all the arguments by which Mr. Gladstone
eonvnces himself that the precent style Of oppo-
sition is not obstruction.
Sir George Trevelyan's reply to Lord Randolph
Churchill in to-day's Times" is a fine example of
political controversy measured, dignifed and in
sisive The Times" admits that Sir George Ire
Selyan has on iome points rebutted Lord Randolph
Churehilps att ack. That remark of Sir George
Trevelyan's Manchester social pressure against
Liberalism aud Liberals might have been made
sven stronger than it was. have asked a number
Of people on both sides, who are in a position to
know the truth. Their accounts are very remark
able If felt at liberty to mention names you
would think the state of the case even startling.
One instance is that of man distinguished by
birth, character, social rank and public services,
whose wife has long been of the leaders Of Lon
don society. They are practically boycotted The
majority of their friends neither ask them nor ac-
cept their invitations. The sole reason is, they
have become Home Rulers in circumstances which
made their conversion more than ordinarily con-
splcuous IF you look around you at almost any
London party in Conservative house." said lady
who is an authority such matters. "and notice
who are not there you will find how far social hos
hlity to Home Rule has been carried. Liberals
who have turned Home Rulers, but made no noise
about H. are still iuvited but very few of those